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We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a/m. MLB with Goose Gossage: What are you sitting around here for? Torre wants you suited up and at the park by noon. • 1 p.m. NCAA FB with Bob Davie: USC is No. 7? So should Stanford be No. 6? • 3 p.m. Jim Jones Jr.: If you're l...
USChadenfreude: The Trojan Dynasty Is Dead
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....
Of Monday Hangovers, Booty Calls, And The Biggest Upset In College Football History
To put Stanford's win over USC into the proper perspective this morning, you should know that the Stanford Tree woke up with a raging hangover, empty tequila bottles strewn about his apartment and a pair of panties dangling from his upper branches. OK, that just means it's Monday. For real perspect...
One More Night For The Yankees
Forgive us for referencing our column again, but we can't quite get over how dead the Yankees looked in the third inning last night. Whatever your thoughts on George Steinbrenner's "ultimatum" — and we tend to think it's the rantings of a doddering old man who mistakenly let someone end with a noteb...
Don't Start Lending Joe Torre Money Just Yet
Thanks to Johnny Damon and Philip Hughes, the Yankees have given us all something to do Monday night. And we have one more Joe Torre-free night on the soup line. We might look for Roger Clemens there, though....
The Los Angeles Angels of Sucktown
Well I was going to wait for this baseball game to end to call it a weekend, but I think it's safe to say that it's over. The Boston Red Sox have exploded with seven runs in the eighth inning to take a 9-0 lead. The only runs that really mattered were the back-to-back solo shots from Big Papi and C...
Gamblers Can Finally Take a Deep Breath
New England was up ten when they went for it on 4th and Goal late in the game. For someone like me, with fair amount of money invested in a 17 point spread (or 16.5 if you were lucky), this is where things got nutty. Just as it looked that Cleveland would run out the clock (if Romeo can't win he can...
Bob Ryan Is Drunk On Basebahol
I've always had a soft-spot for Bob Ryan. Oftentimes I disagree with the guy, but I love the way he puts himself out there (like with Juwanna Joumanna Kidd!). I want you to know that I respect Mr. Ryan and I wouldn't every want to unfairly malign the man. But either the Fenway press box was pouring...
I Come Bearing Updates
Detroit at Washington The second half is underway and my Redskins are still kicking ass. Mike Sellers is absolutely destroying people (video of this to come) and he even managed to steal a touchdown away from all of the Clinton Portis fantasy owners. Washington is dominating on both sides of the bal...
Another Devastating Injury For Trent Green
That was the last thing anyone wanted to see. After coming back from a scary injury last season Trent Green took a knee right to the side of the head when he went low to lay a block for his teammate. Green was immobilized on the field and eventually carted off on a stretcher. Obviously everyone is h...
We're Back and We're Rollin'
In case you didn't notice, or you're just waking up, we got off to a very late start today. All the server issues are behind us and we're ready for a full day of sports NFL Football! We're hurting a bit on time so instead of providing you with a television schedule and/or game previews for the day,...
Rockies Sweep, Just As They Prayed For
Major League Baseball's only team with an official religious affiliation is moving on to their first National League Championship Series. Although it's a new level of baseball for the young franchise there will be a sense of familiarity with their opponent. With Arizona and Colorado each sweeping th...
Confounding Diamondbacks Complete the Sweep
The Diamondbacks needed just one pitch to establish a lead that they would never relinquish. Chris Young, easily the most overlooked of the National League's top three rookies, starting things off wing a bang when he deposited Rich Hill's first offering into the left field bleachers of Wrigley Field...
Defective Trojans Produce Disastrous Results
Ho-ly shit. In what can only be described as delightful surprise the Stanford Cardinal (Stanford!) upended USC in the biggest D1-on-D1 upset of the season decade. It marked the Trojans first loss at the Colosseum in their last 34 outings. I'm not sure Pete Carrol will ever sleep again after dropping...
Night Falls On Death Valley
The handsome young gentleman above is the biggest freshman to hit Baton Rouge since Glen Davis. His name is Mike VI and tonight the two year-old will make his debut as LSU's official mascot. He's big, he's photogenic, all the women want to pet him, and all the men want to be him. He's Louisiana's an...
Last Rites For the Cubs and Phillies
If the Phillies and Cubs were planning on winning some games this post season they'd be wise to get things started tonight. Chicago is already underway with Arizona and things are going just as expected, 1-0 Diamondbacks after a third of an inning. The Wrigley faithful were silenced immediately cour...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while wishing Friday Night Lights had been canceled... • College Football: Florida @ LSU. Is it time yet?[CBS] • Boxing: Super Featherweights Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II. These aren't the little Tobey Maguire jockey-boxers, these guys throw absolute bombs. [HBO PPV] • B...
The First Few Rows May Get Bloody
This time it's Pac Man who's coming into the ring as a big favorite and he's carrying some additional baggage. Pacquiao began training with Freddie Roach a month late and in a different country than everyone expected. However the biggest questions being raised do not concern his conditioning. Instea...
Hugh II: The Nedessey Continues... Part 2
The early games are beginning to wrap up and to everyone's surprise things have gotten quite a bit more interesting out there. Miami has launched an admirable comeback on their former coach and fierce rivals from Chapel Hill and Michigan State is in a shootout with Northwestern, the baddest motherfu...